Originally Posted by Emma65
Europe is a continent with many different countries (not states as in US or provinces as in Canada) who each have their own mobile phone providers, country codes etc.
So here are a few questions back at you:
1) Which country?
2) What network? Here in UK there is Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-mobile, 3, Virgin and I wouldn't be surprised if I have missed a few.
You don't pay per week. You prepay your airtime and it will last for months depending on network and how much you use it.
A sim card with £1 credit to start you off with can cost as little as £5. Minute charges varies but are in the region of 35pence per minute on most networks.
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There's the problem.
1. Last year it was France and Israel. This year Germany, the UK, the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia. Next year, who knows. These are once a year trips lasting about one week.
2. Thanks for the t-mobile link. I'm beginning to understand this. US phone networks keep us totally in the dark and mostly tied to 2-year contracts, so it's like we're children.
Cingular is not my friend, but it's what works at my home. BTW, they do have a web page on International Roaming, which surprised me. The charge for Prague is $2.29 per minute! I don't want roaming because I don't want to be receiving calls from random friends who think I'm at home. And voicemail messages.
I know you can buy more minutes at newstands, etc., can you get sim cards there also?